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Seed Plawnte'r.` No. 615904.,

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THOMAS 1;..WHITBEGL0F KENOSHA, WISCONSIN. Lettere Patent No.' 61,904, dterl February 5, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT-IN COMBINED SEED-SOWBR AND LTIVA'IOB.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, THOMAS L. WIIITBECK, otKcnosha, Kenosha county, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and improved Cultiva'tor and Seed-Sewer: and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof'. i

The nature of` my invention consists in 4so combiningV a seed-sowei and cultivator, that each may be used separately or both at the same time, as the nature of' the work to be done may require. It more particularly consists in the simple, cheap, and novel manner by which "I work'the slide in the bottom of the seed-box for agitating and regulating the flow of seed to the openings of the discharge cylinder by the vibration of the tongue or pole by which the machine is drawn.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my iinprovedcultivator and sewer` Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same, showing the seed-box'in position for the combined machine.

Figure 3 is a'side elevation, showing the seed-box turned out of position-when the cultiva-tor isf-only to be used.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional elevation of the seed-box taken from the line :v x. g

Figure 5 is al longitudinalivertical section taken from thc line yy, showing the clutch by which the tractionwheels are thrown out and into gear. V i

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and'operation.

Letters of like name` and kind refer to like parts in each of the gures.

A is a rectangular frame, made of wood or other suitable material, to which is rigidly secured` any desired number of cultivator teeth or ploughs, and of any suitable or desired form. To the said frame A are pivoted` levers or arms, a a a a, extending to the rear and front ofthe frame A. At the outer ends of the'said levers or arms are attached, and run uponsuitable journals, caster-wheels, c c c c, which bear the frame A, and upon which it is carried. i To the said frame A are attached curved slotted plates, S'S S S, through' which screw-bolts, z", pass through corresponding holes in the levers o1' arms u, so that the caster-wheels e maybe elevated and lowered for the purpose of regulating or gauging the depth of' the ploughs L L L, which may be done by `means of the screw-bolts i', and held in any desired position. B B are two traction-wheels of common or ordinary con` struction, running upon the axle or shaft d, which runs in slotted bearings, R, iigf. Upon each vend of" the vsaid shaft 'd are rigidly secured spur gear-wheels, F F, which mesh into corresponding pinions, G, which are also rigidly secured to the seed cylinder K, the said cylinder being located in the ibottom of the seed-box M, fig. 4. Upon the inside of the hubs of thewheels B B are clutches, t, Aas seen in iig. 5, which may be thrown out and into each other, andsecured in position for the purpose of tightening and loosening the wheels B `upon the shaft d, the said clutch beingoperate'd hy the lever J. E is the slide, provided with slots or openings e', through which th'e grain passes to the cylinder, and by which it is agitated. Itiwill be seen that a portion of the seed-box and slide are broken out, as enough is shown to illustrate my invention. W is the tongue or pole, bywhich the i machine is drawn, and by which it is guided.' It will here be observed tha-t the back or reanendiof the tongue or Ipole'is bevelled or tapered from the draw-bolt 10 back, (iig. 1,) so that the rear cnd docs not fill the space between the hounds o r braces YY; also thatthcrc is a'slot or mortisc, n, atthe crtremc rear cndolthe pole,

which is made to fit upon the lever o, which works upon the pivot-bolt 2, nhi'ch passes through thcstrap-brace i; the rear end of the lover o is attached to thc slide When the cultivator is only to be used, the polc is turned over, so that it fills the space between the hounds or braces Y Y', thus making it rigid` in its position. N N are braces, extending upon a curve from thc front end oi" the hounds or braccsYY, back to the rear of the front portion of" the `main frame A, where it is attached by means of screw-bolts, a?, to the bifurcated braces or` bars` I-I H. These braces or hars HH are provided with holes, so that 'a change of draught maybe obtainedby shifting the braces N N into diilerent holes in the braces orl bars H H, so that when Ithe braces N N `are moved back it causes a more downward draught upon the front caster-wheels and thc front-teeth ofthe cultivator. P is a brace, something inform of' an arc of a circle, extending from front to rear of theframe A, and provided with holes, so that the seed-box and traction-wheels may he elevated and secured in an elevated position by means of a pin, I. y V` I The operation for using thc combined `maehineconsists simply in filling the seed-box M with seed and adjusting the ploughs so they will cover the seed at any desired depth. The team is then attached to the pole or tongue W, and as it proceeds across the {eld the vibration ofthe tongue upon the pivot-bolt Q, iig. 1cause`d by the unevenness or sinuositics of thc groun(l.with which the caster-wheels come in contact, works the slide'E through the medium' of thepvot-lever o, -which reciprocates thcvslide-valve E, so that thegrain will .not become clogged or matted in the bott-om of the seed-box, to give a regulariand unerring feed to thc cylinder as it revolves, the cylinder receiving its motion through thc medium of the gear-Wheels, which is imparted and received from the traction-Wheels before described'. When the cultivator is alone to be used, the seed-box, together with the traction-wheels, are elevated and turned over upon 'the rcnr end lof the polen-thus clearing the traction-wheels from the ground and obviating n.11 impediments'ofthe-souer in operating-the eultivntor alone or separately from the secder, thus rendering it one of the most chen-p, simple, and efficient combined machines in use.

Having thus described my invention,-What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Iatent,4 is

l. I claim the bars N N, iii-combination with the bifurcatcd bars 'or braces II I-I, so they can be adinsted to form a centre-draught and to vary the bearing or pressure upon the caster-Wheels. i l I 2. I also claim -the eireular'bra'cc P and pin I, in combinationwith 'seed-box and frame A, substantially as shown and described. i

3. A combined cultivator and seeder, so combined and arranged that the seed-box M, together with the trnction-wheels B B, may be elevated upon the pole and carried without impeding the operation of the cultivator, for the purposes and substantially as herein described.

4. A seedcr, where the slide in the seed-box is worked and operated by the pole W- through the medium of the lever o or its equi-valent, for the purposes and substantially as herein set forth.

5. The pole W, lever o, slide E, and cylinder M, in combination with the spur-Wheel F, pinion G,'shaft d,

' and traction-wheels B B, all fo'r the purposes' :md substantially as described.

THOMAS L. WHITBECK.

Witnesses:

H. H.HAWKS, O. E. SHERWOOD. 

